Interpersonal Communication Concepts
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Interpersonal communication concepts
This assignment is an exploration of the concepts of interpersonal communication in the 2008 movie Fireproof by Stephene Kendrick & David Nixon. Appareantly, this exploration is geared towards getting a deeper understanding of the EMC equation.
After watching the movie, I found a degenerative communication spiral in two families of the same family. As in, the family of a father, a mother and their son, and in the family of the son and his wife. Let me explain. First, almost the entire plot of the movie is based on the degenerative communication spiral between a husband, Mr Caleb Holt, the decorated firefighter, and his wife, Catherine. Apparently, the two individuals are still young in their marriage. But like most young marriages, they start facing marital problems which quickly results into a strained relationship. Within a short time, the interpersonal communication between then starts to degenerate to an extent that Catherine asks Caleb for a divorce. Noticing the threat his marriage is in, Caleb goes to his devout father, Mr John, for some wisdom. The father hands him “The love Dare”, a self help book written in christian principles. John tells his son to read and practise for 40 days, what is contained in that book becuase it is the same book that helped save his own marriage when it was at the risk of collapsing. Caleb goes home and embarks on the mission to save his marriage. Offcourse the first few days of practise did not seem to yield any results but after practising it to the end, he is able to restore his marriage and reknew their marriage vows with his wife in church.
The other instance when there was degenerative communication spiral is when Mr John, Caleb’s father almost lost his family to divorce. Apparently, John was the one on the wrong all along but his wife prayed and practised what is written in the christian book, which John gave his son Caleb to act as his guide in saving his marriage.
The self disclosure role played an important role in making Caleb understand that it was the book that his mother had written that had helped save his marriage. Also, the disclosure put things into perspective for Caleb because he finally understood and felt ashamed of himself for hating his mother all along thinking she was the initial cause of the marital trouble that befell the family when in the actual sense, she was the one who helped save her marriage from imminent divorce and in extention, Caleb’s marriage.
Apparently, identity was revealed through self disclosure. John disclosed to his son that “The Love Dare” was documented by Caleb’s mother and by extension his wife. Caleb identified that his mother saved their family and that she was the one wronged by his father but made efforts and finally saved her marriage.
References
Stephene Kendrick & David Nixon.(2008, September 26). Fireproof. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvRaFrAemFY
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